You’ve been asked to use 3D printing to make something extraordinary. And you have near zero idea of how it works. Good. The following might be handy. It starts with a basic intro so that you can hook on to a few concepts, continues with recipes to make immediate use of these readily-available-in-almost-any-slicer-features, and lights…

About a year ago, a 3D Printer has been added to the palette of workshop tools of a university, in the product design department, and incentive for using it has been given in the form of training sessions: one for the 3rd year students, another for their teachers, and the last one for the workshop manager. Following to that kickoff, the 3D printer has been made available…

A few days ago someone asked me where they could find more informations me, and on what i do, with examples of my works. I guess that they want to know if i’m a designer. It’s hard to answer. I’ll give it a try, in the form of a timeline Last january, while making breakfast, i started wondering how to make a nicer…

Spending 5 days on a 3D printing workshop with to-be product designers at the ALBA School / University, After a brief intro to designs made with 3D printers, kinds of machines, toolchain and a prospective, the students have been invited to enter a product contest – products tailored for the 3D printing process -, and … to assemble by themselves, from…

Putting to the test a bag holder to see how much weight it can take, the degenerescence / failure mode and ability of FEA to detect the issues. The piece : Printed at 250°C with a colorfull but problematic ABS filament. The filament is bubbling when extruded, probably due to moisture that tries to find its way…